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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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