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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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