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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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