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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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