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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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