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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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