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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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