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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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