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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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