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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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