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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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