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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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