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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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