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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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