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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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