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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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