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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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