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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. People want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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