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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines 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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