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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology are empowering students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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