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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open education endeavours. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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