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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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