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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning enable students all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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