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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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