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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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