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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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