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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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