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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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