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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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