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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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