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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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