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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the 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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