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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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