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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education are making it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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