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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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