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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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