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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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