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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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