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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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