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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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