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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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