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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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