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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in digital education technology are empowering learners all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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