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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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