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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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