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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning make it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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