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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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