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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are considering now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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