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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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