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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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