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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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