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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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