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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are considering now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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