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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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