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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 (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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