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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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