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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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