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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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