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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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