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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning have enabled humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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