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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the most important 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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