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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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