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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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