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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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