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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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