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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online education institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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