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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology enable humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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