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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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