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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in elearning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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