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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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