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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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