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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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