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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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