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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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