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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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