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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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