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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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