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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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