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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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