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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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