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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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