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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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