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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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