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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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