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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always 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 education institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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