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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp these open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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