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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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