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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education ventures. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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