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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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