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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What 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 institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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