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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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