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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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