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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 (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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