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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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