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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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