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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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