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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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