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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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