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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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