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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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