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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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