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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in digital education technology are empowering learners all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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