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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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