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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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