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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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