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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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