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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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