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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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