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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning make it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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