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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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