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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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