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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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