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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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