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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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