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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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