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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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