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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines 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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