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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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