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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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