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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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