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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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