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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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