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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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