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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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