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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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