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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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