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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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