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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are empowering students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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