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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education have empowered students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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