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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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