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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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