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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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