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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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