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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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