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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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