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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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