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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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