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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational initiatives. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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