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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better understand these open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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