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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology make it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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