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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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