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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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