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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online education have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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