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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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