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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive 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.

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