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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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