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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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