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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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