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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions must deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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