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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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