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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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