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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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