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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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