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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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