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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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