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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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