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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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