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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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