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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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