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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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