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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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