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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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