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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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