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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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