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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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