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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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