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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology enable people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources