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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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