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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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