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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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