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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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