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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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