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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open education ventures. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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