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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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