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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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