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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the 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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