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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning enable people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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