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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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