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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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