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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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