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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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