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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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