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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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