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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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