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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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