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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the key 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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