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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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