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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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