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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have empowered humans all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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