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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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