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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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