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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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