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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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