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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models 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 institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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