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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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