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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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