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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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