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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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