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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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