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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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