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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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