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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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