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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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