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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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