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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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