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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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