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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are enabling students all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners 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 a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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