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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning have empowered humans all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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