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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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