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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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