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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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