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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in digital education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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