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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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