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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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