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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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