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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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