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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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