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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open education undertakings. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes 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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