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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education ventures. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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