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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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