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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning enable people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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