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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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