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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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