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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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