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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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