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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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