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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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