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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online education have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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