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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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