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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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