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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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