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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies 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 educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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