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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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