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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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