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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education experiments. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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