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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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