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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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