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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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