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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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