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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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