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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this expanding need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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