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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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