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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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