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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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