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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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