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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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