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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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