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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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