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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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