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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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