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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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