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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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