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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. 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. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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