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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are considering now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the key 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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