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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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