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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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