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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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