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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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