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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education technology have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive 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 assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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