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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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