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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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