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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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