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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education