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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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