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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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