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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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