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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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