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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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