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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What 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 institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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