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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand these new open education ventures. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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