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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Professors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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