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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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