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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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