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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology make it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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