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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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