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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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