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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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