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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also talks about the most important 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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