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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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