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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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