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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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