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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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