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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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