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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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