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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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