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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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