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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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