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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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