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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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