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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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