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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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