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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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