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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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