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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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