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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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