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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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