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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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