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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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