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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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