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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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