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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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