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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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