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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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