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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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