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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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