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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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