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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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