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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in digital education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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