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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners 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 many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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