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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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