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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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