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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. 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. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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