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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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