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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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