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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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