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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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