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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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