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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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