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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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