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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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