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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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