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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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