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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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