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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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