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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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