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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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