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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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