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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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