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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning enable humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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