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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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