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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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