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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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