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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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