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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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