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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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