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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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