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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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