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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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