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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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