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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning make it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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