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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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