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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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