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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the key 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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