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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education undertakings. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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