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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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