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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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