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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online learning enable students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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