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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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