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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning have enabled students all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these important new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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