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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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