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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning enable students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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