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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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