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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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