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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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