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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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