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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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