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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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