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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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