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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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