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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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