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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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