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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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