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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in elearning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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