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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning technology make it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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