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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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