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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers 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? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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