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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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