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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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