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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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