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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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