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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand these important new open educational undertakings. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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