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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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