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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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