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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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