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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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