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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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