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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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