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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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