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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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