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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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