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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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