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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. 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 online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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