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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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