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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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