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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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