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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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