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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open education ventures. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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