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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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