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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified 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? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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