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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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