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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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