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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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