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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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