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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology have empowered students all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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