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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology enable learners all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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