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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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