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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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