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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to consider now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the most important 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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