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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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