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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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