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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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