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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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