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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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