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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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