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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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