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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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