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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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