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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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