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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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