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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also studies the key 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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