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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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