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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? 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 optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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