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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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