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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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