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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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