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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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