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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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