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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology are enabling students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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