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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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