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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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