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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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