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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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