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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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