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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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