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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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