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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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