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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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