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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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