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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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