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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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