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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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