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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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