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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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