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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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