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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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