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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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