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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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