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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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