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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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