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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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