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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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