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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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