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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning have empowered people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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