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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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