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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology enable humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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