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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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