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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning enable humans all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also researches the major 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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