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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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