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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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