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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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