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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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