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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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