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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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