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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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