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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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