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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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