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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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