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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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