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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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