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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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