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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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