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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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