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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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