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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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