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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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