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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes 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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