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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are empowering students all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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