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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? 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 stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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