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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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