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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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