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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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