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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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