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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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