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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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