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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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