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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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