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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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