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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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