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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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