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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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