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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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