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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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