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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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