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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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