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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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