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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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