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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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