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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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