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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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