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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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