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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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