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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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