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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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