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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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