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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. People want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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