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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning make it possible for students all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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