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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always 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 variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the key 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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