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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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