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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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