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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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