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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the 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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