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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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