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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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