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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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