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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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