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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the major 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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