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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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