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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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