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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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