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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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