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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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