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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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